Sec. 39. (a) This section applies only to parks within the jurisdiction of a county board.

     (b) A person who knowingly discharges a firearm or shoots an arrow with a bow into or inside a park commits a Class B misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanorup to 180 daysup to $1,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-10-3-39

  • Board: refers to a park and recreation board. See Indiana Code 36-10-3-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     (c) This section does not apply to an area that the board designates as a hunting, firearm sport, or archery area.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-74.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110.